Journal-box.



No. 818,634. v PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. G. W. MEYER. JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1906.

GEORGE l/V. MEYER, OF WTATERLOO, IOVA.

JOURNAL-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed January 2,1906. Serial No. 294,230.

To all whom ir) may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE WV. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vaterloo, in the county of Blackhawk and State of iowa, have invented new and useful lmprovements in J ournal-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to journal-boxes; and it contemplates the provision of a box designed more particularly for use in connection with the driving-journal of a locomotive and embodying such a construction of oil-cellar tnat one-half of the journal is always in oil, and yet leakage of oil is prevented, and this without resort to the use of cotton-waste or the like.

The invention also contemplates the provision of a journal-box embodying a removable oil-cellar and removable means for normally retaining the cellar in proper position relative to the body of the box and the journal.

Other advantageous features of the invention will be fully appreciated from the following description and claims when the same are considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is an end elevation of the journalbox constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my .invention and illustrating the same with the journal in position. Fig. 2 .is a tranverse central section of the box.

Fig. 3 is a section taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the support and fastener of the cellar removed.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which- A is the body of the journal-box. The said body is open at its under side and ends, is provided with interior shoulders a, and is equipped with a bearing or brass b, the said bearing or brass being disposed in the upper portion of the body and on the shoulders a, as illustrated. The said body is also provided in the inner sides of its side walls c and adjacent to the lower ends thereof with transversely-disposed keeper-sockets (l for a purpose presently set forth, and it is further provided in its top with two (more or less) oilsupply ducts e, which are coincident with similar ducts formed in the brass or bearing l), as shown in Fig. 2.

B is the journal, which is shown as properly arranged in the box.

C is the oil-cellar of the box as a whole, and D is the fastener and support for the cellar. The cellar O is made of metal compatible with the purpose of the invention and comprises an oil-holding vat g, the upper edges of the end walls L of which are concave, as shown, resilient strips i of sheet-steel or other suitable material connected to one side wall of the vat g and interposed between the same and the adjacent side wall of the body A and designed to prevent waste of oil, as well as to lessen the liability of dust and dirt finding their way into the vat, guard-plates j', arranged against the end walls of the vat g and having semicircular upper edges arranged to snugly fit the journal and rest above the edges of the end walls of the vat, with a view .of preventing the escape of oil therefrom, means complementary to each guard-plate for yieldingly pressing the same against one end wall of the vat, and means complementary to each guard-plate for yieldingly supporting the same and holding it closely adjacent to the journal B. The 'first-mentioned means may be of any construction compatible with the purpose of my invention without involving a departure from the scope thereof, although l prefer to have it comprise a bowed spring 7c, which is mounted on a stud Z, extending laterally from the guardplate, and is interposed between the guardplate and a bracket m, connected to the vat, and spring-strips yn', connected to the end of the vat below the guard-plate and exerting laterally-inward pressure against said guardplate. The stud Z is dispcsed in a vertical oblong sl t in the bracket lm, and hence will not interfere with vertical movements of the guard-plate. The second-mentioned meansfi.. e., the means for pressing the guard-plate upwardly toward the journal-is preferably a bowed spring p, which is connected at its middle to the base of the bracket ymf and bears at its end against the lower edge of the guardplate. The means for pressing the guardplates laterally inward are identical in construction, as are also the means for pressing said guard-plates upwardly, and hence it 'will be apparent that a tight fit of the guardplates against the ends of the vat and close to the surface of the journal B is nlaintained, with the result that waste of oil is prevented notwithstanding the fact that approximately one-half of the journal B is always immersed in oil contained in the cellar.

The cellar support and fastener D prefer- IIO ably com rises two sections, one of which is movable aterally with'respect to the other, springs g, interposed between and connected to the said sections, and springs r, mounted on the sections and interposed between the same and the bottom of the cellar C, this with a view of yieldingly supporting the cellar in its proper operating position. One of the sections mentioned is preferably made up of a bar s, rods t extending laterally from the bar s and having end portions u arranged to enter two of the keeper-sockets d in the side walls of the body A, and a bar w, extending between and connected to the rods t and serving for the connection of and to support two of the springs r. The other section comprises a bar s, rods t extending in opposite directions from the bar s and extending loosely through the bar s of the first-described section and having enlargements a: at their inner ends and portions u at their outer ends arranged to enter two of the keeper-sockets d of the body A, and a bar w, interposedA between and connected to the rods t and serving for the connection of and to support two of the springs r. It will be apparent from the foregoing that in the position illustrated relative to the body A the fastener and supL port D will yieldingly maintain the cellar C in its proper working position and against casual displacement, also that when the sections of the fastener are pressed inwardly or toward each other the outer end portions of the rods t t will be withdrawn from the keeper-sockets d, and the fastener and support may then be removed from the body A.

The guard-plate is formed in one piece and shaped to rest close to but not against the journal B. The guard-plate j', however, comprises two sections pivoted together at A coiled s ring je', Fig. 3, is connected to one of the sai sections of the guard-plate j and interposed between the same and the base of the bracket m, as illustrated. By virtue of this it will be observed that the coiled spring presses the connected ends of the sections upwardly, so that the up er ends of said sections lap over the end o the brass and opposite side portions of the body. Now when it is desired to remove the cellar C from the body A the fastener and sup ort D is first removed, as before stated, anc then the cellar is moved downwardly sufficient to enable the upper ends of the sections of guard-plate y" to move inwardly or toward each other, so as to pass between or clear the opposite sides or jaws,H after which the cellar 1s drawn out through the inner end of the body A.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the brass or bearing b does not extend to the outer end of the body A, and hence a recess m3 is afforded in said end for the guard-plate j and the appurtenances thereof. This is advantageous, inasmuch as it precludes injury of the guardplate y" and its appurtenances by the adjacent wheel on the journal. The keeper-sockets d in the body A are arranged in alinement and extend entirely through the walls of the body, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that in the event of my novel cellar becoming impaired the same may be replaced by an ordinary cellar supported by bolts in the usual manner.

The studs Z on the guard-plates serve by engaging the upper ends of the slots in the brackets m to limit the upward movement of the guard-plates, so that said guard-plates rest adjacent to but do not bear against the perimeter of the journal.

I claim- A 1. A journal-box having a body having a bearing or brass in its upper portion, an oilvat removably arranged in the body below the bearing or brass, guard-plates carried by the vat, means for yieldingly pressing said guard plates laterally inward, means for yieldingly pressing said guard plates upwardly, and a support and fastener for the oil-vat disposed below the same and detachably connected to the body.

2. A journal-box having a body, a bearing or brass disposed in the upper portion of the body, an oil-vat removably arranged in the body below the bearing or brass, resilient plates connected to one side of the vat and bearing against one side of the body, guardplates carried by the vat and extending above the ends thereof, means for yieldingly pressing said guard-plates laterally inward, means for yieldingly pressing said guard-plates upwardly, and a support and fastener for the oil-vat disposed below the same and detachably connected to the body.

3. A j ournal-box having abody, an oil-vat movable vertically in the body, a support arranged in and detachably connected to the body below the vat, and a spring carried by the support and interposed between the same and the vat.

4. A journal-box having a body, an oil-vat movable vertically therein, and a resilient plate interposed between one side of the vat and the adjacent wall of the body and bearing against one of said parts.

5. A journal-box having a body, a vertically movable oil vat therein, means dispored below the vat and yieldingly supporting the same in the body, yieldingly-pressed guard-plates arranged at the ends of the oilvat and extending above the same, and a resilient plate interposed between one side of the vat and the adjacent 'wall of the body.

6. A journalbox having a body, an oilvat yieldingly sustained therein, yieldingly pressed guard-plates arranged at the ends of the oil-vat and extending above the same, and a resilient plate interposed between one side of the vat and the adjacent wall of the body.

7. A j ournal-box having a body, a bearing IOO IIO

or brass arranged in the upper portion thereor', an oil-vat disposed and movable vertically in the body below the bearing or brass, yieldingly-pressed guard-plates arranged at the ends of the oil-vat and extending above the same so as to normally rest opposite the ends of the bearing or brass, and means detachably connected to the body and arranged below and adapted to yieldingly support the vat in the body.

8. A journal-boX having a body, a verticallymovable vat arranged therein, and a support and fastener disposed below the vat and comprising sections having portions arranged to enter keepersockets in the body, springs for pressing said sections apart, and springs carried by the sections and arranged to yieldingly support the vat.

9. A j ournal-box having a body, an oil-vat arranged therein, guard-plates arranged at the ends of the vat and extending above the saine, brackets carried by the vat, bowed springs mounted between the brackets and the guard-plates and adapted to yieldingly press said plates inward, springs interposed between the brackets and the plates for pressing said plates upward, and springs oarried by the vat and arranged to assist the Erst-mentioned bowed springs in yieldingly pressing the guard-plates inward.

10. A journal-box having a body, an oilvat removably arranged therein, a bearing or brass disposed in the body above the vat, and guard-plates arranged at opposite ends of the vat; one of said guard-plates comprising sections pivoted together', and a spring for pressing the joint between the sections up wardly.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set m'y hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 4o nesses.

GEORGE W. MEYER.

Witnesses:

W. F. CURTISS, M. J. GoRDY. 

